Binomial Nomenclature

The science of describing, classifying, and naming living things is called:

• Geology
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Chemistry

The smallest classification group consists of:

• Organisms that are very different

• Organisms that do not look the same

• Organisms that are very similar

Why is the most specific taxonomy category?

• Kingdom

• Domain

• Species

• Order

What kingdom would a human belong to?

• Plant

• Animalia

• Protist

• Fungi

Who created the system of Taxonomy?

• Albert Einstein

• Carolus Linnaeus

• Aristotle

• Copernicus

The 2-part naming system developed by Linneus is known as:

• dichotomous key
• taxonomy
• binomial nomenclature
• classification

The rules for naming an organism are:

• Capitalize Genus, lowercase species, underline or italicize entire word
• Capitalize both Genus and species, underline or italicize the entire word
• write it how ever you want
• Capitalize Genus, lowercase species, make the entire word in bold print

Binomial Nomenclature takes which two taxons to name a species?

• Genus and Kingdom

• Phylum and Class

• Family and class

• Genus and species

What is the genus name here:
Canis lupus

• Canis
• lupus

What would the scientific name of this organism be?

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Carnivora

Family:Canidae

Genus: Canis

species: mesomelas

• Mammalia carnivora

• Canidae mesomelas

• Canis mesomelas

• Animalia chordata